Australian artist, Monique Morter find the value of collaboration and community to explore color, culture and art in Indonesian politics.
In a new exhibition titled Collective, an artist from Melbourne, Monique Morter reward residence time together Boats Art Connection, a network of contemporary artists based in the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Graduates of the Faculty of Arts of the University RMIT, through his paintings Monique tried to document the dynamic contemporary art community in Yogyakarta, as well as a sense of solidarity as artists and friends.
Painting a portrait of the artist Monique Giyanto Sulis, Agus Purnomo and Revelation Chess Baqul Natalianto (Special)
"On the boat Art Connnection I learned tremendous benefits that can be done by the artist when he was working as a cohesive group," Monique. "It could get support from fellow when pursuing a career in art is something that is priceless," he said.
Boat means ships in Indonesian, and a collection of artists there trying to be a vessel or container to discuss art, collaboration and training for its members.
"During his tenure there, I realized that the effort to achieve success as an independent artist without the support of a collection of other artists often complicate and make us isolated," Monique said recently.
"It seems that members of the boat Art Collective accustomed to give each other support and assistance incessantly, because they consider themselves brothers and sisters."
Monique meeting with Indonesian art began when he witnessed the Indonesian contemporary works in the Art Gallery of South Australia in 2012. He was interested to know more about Indonesian culture art stage influenced by politics.
"After doing some research, I went to Yogyakarta to explore the rich contemporary art in the city and quickly made friends with local artists there, Tri Pamuji (aka longish)," Monique said.
"I watched the hospitality, kindness and relaxed nature artists in Yogyakarta, Gondrong proudly showing the location of his favorite art, galleries and studios in the city are living."
Longish who introduced Monique with Boat Art Connection.
"I am very pleased to be invited to collaborate make murals with them, which eventually led to me getting an invitation to attend a residency program in the next year," said Monique.
"In May 2014, I returned to Yogyakarta to conduct a two-week residency program with artists there to develop my own project in Boat Art Connection studio and gallery."
Monique existence in Indonesia reached its peak when a visit to the gallery and Artspace known as Stalls 36. There, he met with the owner of the gallery Wira Purnama, which gives him a good inspiration for the artwork and the full entrepreneurial philosophy behind the artwork.
"After graduating from art school, Wira successfully developed its own art work in the form of plants of plastic and metal," said Monique.
"The plants were placed in a small mountain with incredible views of Mount Merapi and aerial views of Yogyakarta. Form of small plants, and has a construction such as straw, surrounded by piles of garbage recycling, all waiting to be cleaned, sorted and sold.
"Industrial recycling allows Wira can buy land to put his art and opened his own Artspace, Stalls 36."
"Now as the owner of a successful art gallery, Wira only willing to exhibit works of art in his gallery 36 if the artwork was made from recycled materials. Strong anti-capitalist sentiment in the artwork officer assured me that his work was not intended to highlight the socio-economic demographics of wealthy art collectors, but for everyone, from any background. "
Inspired by Wira approach, Monique finally make Transcendensi work, which is a joint art exhibition of the works of five artists of Australia, which will be exhibited in Indonesia.
"The only constraint is that all the work that must incorporate recycled materials, in line with the concerns Wira for art practices that are environmentally friendly," he said. "This collective works using recycled waste raw materials."
A few months later Monique arrived back in Indonesia - this time bringing artwork weighing 80 kilograms. It took three days and the help of some new friends to install the work in the Stalls 36. At first, Monique surprised at the difference between art events in Melbourne and the opening of the exhibition in Yogyakarta.
"Starting at 16:00, our guests arrived and were seated in a large circle of chairs were rented in the next room art. Because the dominant culture are not drinking, the guests were treated to tea, coffee, bananas and cassava," he said.
At first he was confused with a lack of interest on the works of art are on display - until the official speeches were made.
"Only after introducing himself as an artist, guests are welcome to enter the art gallery and engage with the works on display," he said.
"This resulted in the audience becomes more Karab and they allocate more time to socialize as well as to appreciate the artwork on display,"
"For me, this is an indication of how artists Yogyakarta further attention to the importance of 'culture discussion' for them. Time is always given to discuss their artwork, concept and exhibition opportunities with friends. As a result, many artists have the support of their peers and are always ready to listen to constructive criticism when necessary truth "
"Our guests stay in the exhibition for six hours, talking and offering advice, make jokes and laugh," said Monique
Monique is now determined to bring the lessons, friendships and connections like that to his own art community in Melbourne. Through a new Collective exhibition, she hopes to inspire artists in Australia to collect their knowledge and work together using the method performed in Boat Art Collective.
"I hope to maintain my involvement in Yogyakarta art movement, through a residency program further, while helping my friends from Yogyakarta to exhibit his work in Melbourne, through the exhibition which worked together with the boat Art Connection," he said.
"The most important thing is I hope to form a bond between my friends who became an artist in Australia and my friends in Yogyakarta."
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